Hoisting device for flying-machines



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HOISTING DEVICE FOR FLYING MACHINES.

APPLICA ION FELED DEC. 10. 1%).

Patented July 13, 1920..

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Original application filed June 25, 1919, Serial No. 306,613. Divided and this application filed December 7 10, 1919. Serial No. 343,752. I

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, MAX-STUPAR, a citi 10 heavier-than-air fl ing machines, and more particularly'to hy roaeroplanes of that typedescribed and claimed in my (to-pending application, Serial Number 306,613, which was filed J une 25, 1919, and of which the present application is a division.

Hydroaeroplanes are commonly launched from. shipboard althou h insufficient deck space is available for ea c landing purposes, owing to which it is conceded to be better to come to rest on the water and then hoist the machine to a ship deck. It is for this purpose my present invention aims to provide a ready, simple hoisting arrangement in effective position at all timesfor engagement by a hoisting hook, and so disposed and connected to the machine as to permit of its hoisting without danger or difficulty.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating my present invention, and forming a part of this specification,

Figure l is a partial front elevation show- 'ing a flying machine of the character to which my invention is applied,

' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken centrally of the machine adjacent toits center of gravity, and on line 22 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section through the fuselage approximately at-the center of gravity.

Referring now to these figures and particularly to Fig. 1,I.have shown a hydroaeroplane comprising a fuselage 10, pontoons 11 and upper and lower wings 12 and 13, the

latter of which extend from the lower sideportions of the fuselage, and the former of which extend from the opposite sides of a rigid central section 14 which is permanently connected to and carried by the fuselage 10.

Specification of Iietters Patent. Patented July 13, 1920,

In order that a machine of this general hoisted from the stance, cables '16 jare extended upwardly from anchor brackets 17 at the lower inner portions of the'fuselage 10. at or about its center of gravity. These cables project vertically through braces 18 disposed around and protecting a fuel tank 19, and also through deck openings 20 above which they are joined by a ring 21 to a vertical hoisting connection 22, the latter of which 63,

tends upwardly through an opening 23 in the central section 15 of the upper plane and has a ring 24 for engagement by a hoist ing line hook, seenat 25 in Fig. 3.

v Thisconnection 221s normally prevented.

from falling through opening 23, by means of a cross arm-.26 to which ring 24 is connected which bridges the said opening 23',

and thus it is obvious from the foregoing that my invention provides an apparatus clearly capable of permitting efi'ective and efiicient use for the purposes first above stated as Well as one which will adapt'the machine to readiness for hoisting at all times; soas to avoid all delays normally encountered in attaching hoisting rigging and the attending dangers of slight mis-' placement. v

I claim An airship including a fuselage having deck openings approximately at its center of gravity, upper and lower planes of which the former has an opening in the same ver tical transverse plane as the fuselage openings, cables secured at their lower ends to the lower side portions of the fuselage and MAX STUPAR,

1 extending upwardly therein and through 

